Emperor Napoleon the IIIrd, of France.

Sent troops in Italy to support the Piemont-sponsored unification war of Giuseppe Garibaldi (in exchange for land): famous battle of Magenta and Solferino.

He was also the "common foe" against which Germany was united under Bismarck. Bismarck's Prussia has rallied the northern german states into an alliance but southern catholic states (Bavaria, Wurtemberg) were reluctant to join. War against an old ennemy (remember Napoleon I, Iena Battle...) and the glory of the victorious Wilhem II convinced the last german princes to join the german empire.

Italy

Jim Bacchus was born on 1949-06-21.

Italy was unified under king victor emanuel 4

Italy became its own nation-state in 1861. King Victor Emmanuel II united the states of the Italian Peninsula and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

What do you mean? Italy is a country!

If you've ever taken an art history class, or even one in art appreciation, you know that the era they call "The Renaissance" is held in reverence something just short of the Second Coming. This "reawakening" is set up on a historic pedestal intended to inspire a worshipful awe as everyone from the highest high-priest-art-history-professor to the lowest graduate-student-teaching-assistant-altar-boy marches around it swirling incense, and sprinkling holy water while intoning the words "Raphaellllllll...Michelangelooooo... Leonardoooooo". Meanwhile all we art appreciators genuflect and murmur an appreciative background litany of gasping ooooo's and ahhhhhhhh's at every Madonna, David, and Mona flashed upon the screen for us to identify, categorise, and immortalise. Then when it is all done, we take an essay test and I'll bet dollars to donuts the very first question is: "Discuss the causes relevant to the development of the Renaissance and their effect upon the various forms of art of the time." (Or something to that effect.)

Well, let me answer the first part of that question in one word--money. Of course that's a gross oversimplification and would rate a single word response--explain! Actually, it's not only an oversimplification, it's a bit inaccurate - credit would be a better response. Now, let me explain. During the Middle Ages, there were two-forms of trade--gold, and barter. Gold was in short supply until the New World explorers robbed the native Americans and flooded Europe with it. And Barter was terribly inefficient. Credit, on the other hand (basically letters of credit), couldn't be easily stolen, weighed very little, and was an efficient way of transferring huge amounts of wealth. Which brings us back to the original answer--money. Without large amounts of it, there were only fortress prisons in which those who had accumulated some wealth relied upon ugly stone walls to avoid being murdered in their sleep. However, when it became economically feasible to enclose an entire city in fortress walls, then those with money could begin to relax and enjoy it, which meant a craving for beauty that meant art. The city of Florence, Italy, is a classic example.

Italy (and its newly minted middle classes), jutting its booted peninsula out into the maritime trade lanes of the Mediterranean, was ideally suited to taste and enjoy this new-found prosperity first. They spent the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries accumulating wealth and the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries enjoying it. In Florence, even though the palazzos of the Medici and other wealthy families still have a prison-like quality to them, inside, as they open into delightfully sunny courtyards, there are windows, which mean light--light to see paintings hanging on walls, to weave tapestries, to admire garden sculpture, fountains, and manicured landscapes. And with wealth comes time--time to enjoy reading and writing poetry, music, great novels, opera, and high fashion. All of these things come together to define the Renaissance and to impact the arts. So, the next time you take an art history course, and it comes time for the final exam, just cut and paste this explanation and you'll be home free. I HOPE THIS HELPED! The earlier years of the Middle Ages, which began with the collapse of the Roman Empire, were marked by the absence of an effective centeral government and the constant threat of famine and disease ( Black Death, 1340s) , and foreign invasion.

The unification of Italy took place in the time between the Congress of Vienna, in 1815, and the Franco-Prussian War in 1871.

* Leaning Tower of Pisa * The Colosseum * Spanish Steps

He united northern italy by starting and winning wars against Austria. He also tried to unite southern Italy with northern italy. He attempted this by starting nationalist rebellions in the south. He merged northern and central italy. He united most of Italy.

Hi, as you can see that Kalabria is in Italy and this place is under the sun of miditerrenia sea I was just undering what's life like there and what excactly KALABRIA means where this word come from. thanks

No. The only coliseum was the famous oval one. However, there is several amphitheaters.

Italy did not control the land route to Asia. However, they did use the route to trade spices but eventually worked to find a sea route to Asia.

The capital of Italy in 1914 was the same as it is now. And it could be Rome or Roma, depending on where're you're from and what language(s) you speak.

Now there is a reason for this, but it will take someone more bright than me to explain it to you: for some reason Europe makes an advance in technology in the Middle Ages which was unmatched by others. What makes the European go exploring I do not know, no Japanese or Chinese or Indian vessels ever sailed up the Thames or Tagus. Far less did they come here to conquer (I'm in UK) as we did going there. And we took weapons with us, the bayonet and the musket & the lance armed cavalryman. And here comes the important bit: We exploited to the full the people and the lands we conqured. Yes, sure the British took them Chgristianity and Cricket. But we are no less guilty, more so in many instances, of exploitation. The British in particular built a massive trading fleet, and then along came the Industrial Revolution at just the right time. Bingo ! That's not only particular to Britain, it happened all over Europe. But quite why it happened when it did I do not know, I like to call it an accident of history, but I'm not sure that is quite the truth.

Italy colonised Eritrea, Libya and most of Somalia. It also occupied Ethiopia for five years.

The renaissance originated in Florence, the reason is generally assumed to be related to the social, political, and civic structure of Florence at the time. It may also relate to the migration of many Greek scholars to that area of Italy at the time. One of the assumed "pioneers" so to speak of the renaissance itself may have been writer Dante Alighieri, who was the creator of many unique philosophical concepts of the time. Such philosophical concepts may have inspired the type of thought that spawned the renaissance.

Umberto I [March 14, 1844-July 29, 1900] was Italy's leader in the decade, 1890-1900. In fact, as King of Italy, he led the country as of January 9, 1878. History has given him the nickname 'il Buono', which means 'the Good'. But his rule ended with his death by four well aimed pistol shots of Gaetano Bresci [November 11, 1869-May 22, 1901].

Victor Emmanuel III was born in Naples, Italy, in 1869, the son of King Umberto I, Italy's second reigning monarch. Victor Emmanuel III came to the throne when his father was assassinated at Monza in 1900. He was so small that he was nicknamed the 'dwarf' by Kaiser Wilhelm II. Following the overthrow of Benito Mussolini in July 1943, King Victor Emmanuel handed over his constitutional functions to his son. Victor Emmanuel III withdrew from private life and died in exile in Egypt in 1947. The King's son was made Lieutenant General of the Realm but he left Italy for safety in Egypt. After the war, he returned and was crowned King Umberto II in 1946. A few weeks later a referendum was held to decide the fate of the monarchy. The ballot was in favor of a Republic. The monarchy formally ended on June 12, 1946--- King Umberto II was king for only 33 days.

The Italian flag are many revisions over the course of history; however, nearly all of the designs still featured the same colors we see today. Green was used to signify the uniform of the civic guard of the 1700s, white was taken from the flag of Milan, and read was used to signify the banners of the Legione Lombarda.

Major cities in Italy include Rome, Florence, Milan, Venice, and Naples.

The reason he lost power was because the country was tired of fighting wars and loosing their men. The Allies were advancing closer to Italy and the people did not want their land and historical culture destroyed by war. The mechanism by which he lost power was that his government voted him out of office. Mussolini was sick and depressed from the war and he did not have the power to fight them. The Pope called him in for a personal visit and urged Mussolini to accept the vote and resign. He was placed under house arrest until Hitler sent some an elite team of commandos to rescue him. He then became a puppet head of a powerless Fascist government that was subserviant to the German commanders. Breed "New Tech"

One thing Benito Mussolini did was outlaw political parties.